Showing your children how to give back to the community helps them grow into thoughtful adults. So clean out those closets for clothing drives or walk to raise awareness with these volunteer opportunities for families in NYC in August.

Shop 'til you drop at these markets and shopping events in Rockland in August! Check out farmers' markets in Nyack, Pearl River, and Ramsey, a fall art and street fair in Ridgewood, and a craft street fair in Glen Rock.

These are the top free events for kids and families in and near Brooklyn this August, including the Columbia Waterfront Fall Festival in Carroll Gardens, the Trummytones in Prospect Park, a kite festival in Brooklyn Bridge Park, and more!

Get moving this month! Step away from the screens and enjoy these active events for kids and families in Brooklyn in August, such as fitness and fun in Prospect Park, fresh-air yoga in Park Slope, a roller disco party, and more!

Come one, come all, to these family-friendly shows and performances in and near Brooklyn in August! Check out a children's variety show in Carroll Gardens, enjoy Puppetsburg in Williamsburg, see the Berenstain Bears live, and more!

Meet furry, feathered, and scaly friends at these top kid-friendly activities and events for animal lovers in and near Brooklyn this August. Go birding in Prospect Park or explore 80 species of birds at Staten Island Zoo, cheer on riders in the Central Park Horse Show, and more!

Do you have a mini musician at home? The whole family can enjoy these music-themed events and activities in and near Brooklyn in August, such as Bargemusic in DUMBO, sing-alongs in Prospect Heights and Flatbush, and more!

Gather the family and head to a fun festival in Brooklyn this August! From a unicycle festival to the West Indian American Parade to the Brooklyn Book Fair to the Great Irish Fair of New York to the famous Atlantic Antic Festival, there's plenty of fun to be had this month!

Enjoy the great outdoors with these family-friendly events and activities in and near Brooklyn in August. Explore nature and join a family campout in Prospect Park, browse arts in the gardens in Gowanus, join a family discovery weekend at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, and more!

Get crafty! Take your kids these creative events and activities in and near Brooklyn this August. Join an urban homesteading workshop in Canarsie, a family pottery class at Brooklyn Navy Yard, and more!

Kids will learn while having fun at one of these top educational activities for kids happening in and near Brooklyn in August. Head to the the Brooklyn Children's Museum, Jewish children's Museum, Children's Museum of Manhattan, and other nearby spots for fun this month.

Once upon a time...attend a story time event for kids and families in Brooklyn in August for page-turning tales. Listen to Ezra Jack Keats bedtime stories in Prospect Heights, discuss 'To Kill a Mockingbird' with other teens at the New-York Historical Society, and more!

Get moving! There are many ways to be active this August. Take the kids to fun activities in and near Rockland such as an open play day at West Rock Indoor Sports, a family bike day in Nyack, and an all-sports day in Nanuet.

We've picked the best kid-friendly theater performances to entertain your theater-loving brood in Manhattan in August, including Berenstain Bears Live! on the Upper West Side, The Pop Ups in the Bronx, and Magmanus Attached in Greenwich Village.

Want your kids to learn something new while having fun? Visit one of these fun and educational activities that are family-friendly in Manhattan in August, including The Hunger Games: The Exhibition at Discovery Times Square, college essay writing in Midtown, and Family Fridays at MoMath.

We've gathered the best family-friendly events for children with special needs in New York City in August, including sensory-friendly screening of Hotel Transylvania at AMC theaters, mouth and foot painting at Children's Museum of Art in Soho, and art classes at MoMA.

Meet furry, feathered, and scaly friends at these top kid-friendly activities and events for animal lovers in Rockland and nearby this August. Meet live animals at Tenafly Nature Center, join a biodiversity celebration at Bear Mountain, and head into the city to see spiders of all shapes and sizes.